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Meet Samuel Moore; an African Freelancer
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HOW TO INCREASE YOUR FREELANCING RATES WITHOUT FEELING BAD ABOUT IT
Deciding Freelancing rates can be one of the dicey things to do as Freelancers in Africa. A lot of times, African Freelancers have found it quite challenging to price their works adequately talk more of deciding when and how to increase their rates without having to be apologetic about it. In both past and recent…
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10 CHALLENGES OF FREELANCING AND HOW TO OVERCOME THEM
Just like every other career, Freelancing is one that is not devoid of its own challenges, and as Freelancers in Africa, it is important to know how to navigate and overcome these challenges in order to achieve and sustain our long-term career goals and aspirations as African Freelancers. In that light, below are some of…
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Meet Uchechukwu Ibemere, an African Freelancer
Uchechukwu Ibemere is a Lagos based content creator, photographer and local guide. He enjoys surfing the internet for new ideas from Artists across the globe to inspire his work and knowledge. African Freelancers had a chat with him! Continue reading below… What services/products do you offer? I create and curate content both for individuals and…
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A Guide to Contract Preparation as a Freelancer
Most freelancers are creative folks and the business aspect of things is a necessary thing that we just have to contend with. One business-related side of freelancing that’s enough to make us cringe is “contract.” Writing a freelance contract is about as far from creative as you can get. They seem to be stale documents…
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WHY EVERY FREELANCER NEEDS A BUSINESS CARD
In this world of cyber-takeover and influence, ever wonder “Business card or not?” Personally, I think one of the most underutilized and underrated tool in business by business owners and some lovers of Entrepreneur is having a business card. Some people think it is unnecessary, some other people think it’s a plain exaggerated tool while…
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10 WORDS EVERY FREELANCER NEEDS TO KNOW
A freelancer or freelancer is a person who is self employed and not committed or employed by an employee for long term contracts. Freelance workers are sometimes represented by an agency or an organization that profiles and matches them up with prospective clients, to sell their freelance labor. Others work independently through social media platforms…
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10 SKILLS EVERY FREELANCER NEEDS
In attaining a remarkable level of success, excellence and height in any industry, career or business, certain skills are required and one of such industries/career path is Freelance. These skills contribute immensely to a Freelancer’s efficiency and delivery of jobs and tasks. As much as the creative ability of a Freelancer is topnotch every time…
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5 alternative freelance websites
If you’re a freelancer, you’re probably quite familiar with platforms like Freelancer, Upwork, Fiverr and the like. Maybe you’re even using one of them, but are you getting commensurate value for your subscription. Not to mention the fact that most of the jobs on these platforms are underpaid because everyone who drops a bid tries…
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How to get high-paying freelance jobs
You may have checked the list of highest paying freelance jobs and saw a lot of tech-related disciplines such as Network Analysis, Cloud computing, Algorithm Development and the like. So, you wonder if the freelance space is only for tech guys. Well don’t despair, the freelance space in Africa is a whole different ball game…
